2. The Guaíra Falls, Brazil-Paraguay border most people consider Niagara Falls are the largest in the world. Guaira Falls is actually the world's largest waterfall by volume achieved an average of 1,750,000 cubic feet per second. Compare with Niagara Falls are only 70,000 cubic feet per second. Source of Guaira Falls in Brazil-Paraguay, perbatasasn is the River Parana. In 1982, in ternjun water dam was constructed to Guaira power plant under the name of Itaipu Dam which is now the second largest dam the world's largest producer of electricity after Gorges Dam. Itaipu Dam supplies 90 percent of electricity to Paraguay, and 19 percent to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
3. Iceberg B-15, the Antarctic iceberg B-15 is the biggest iceberg recorded in history. It has reached 3,100 miles, making it bigger than in the past, Jamaica. A giant iceberg this occurs due to the Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000. Then in 2003, the iceberg B-15 was again split into several pieces, one of which the largest are called B-15a drifted northward, eventually falling into glacier in 2005, leaving the ridge along the 8 km. This makes big changes happen on a map of Antarctica and demanding to be revised (map).
Some drifted to the coast eventually was wrecked. In 2006, a hurricane in Alaska, menyebbakan ocean wave crossing to 13,500 miles over the course of 6 days to Antarctica, and the rest into separate fractions and more. Almost a decade passed, those parts of the iceberg that is still not entirely liquid, part of the biggest are still regarded as B-15a, with vast fields reached 1,700 km. picture above is called iceberg B-15a, after drifting into the Drygalski Glacier (bottom), his final break up into several pieces.
4. Don Juan Pond, Antarctica's most high Place which deposits salts? Surely people will refer to the dead sea. The dead sea is famous in the world due to the salts are very high. Based on research, high-salt sea water it could be a health therapy. It's no wonder that around the dead sea spa-spa constructed for therapy, particularly health and beauty therapies. But it is not the terasin of the dead sea in the world. It is precisely in the Antarctic lah, Don Juan Pond, a lake with the highest salt content in the world.
The comparison if juxtaposed with the sea in General, Don Juan Pond 18 times saltier than sea water, when compared to the dead sea, Don Juan Pond 8 times more salty.
The location was discovered by Lt Don Roe and Lt John Hickey, in 1961, when both conduct research in Antarctica. The name of Don Juan Pond is also given by the two researchers, soldiers may be merging both names. The temperature in the pool is generally in the region-such as the Antarctic, is fairly low, with the lowest point can reach-30 Celsius drajat. But never make it freezes like elsewhere in Antarctica.
5. New Zealand Rotorua, Rotorua is a city on the edge of the Sea South of the Lake of the same name. In the Bay of Plenty, North Island of New Zealand. Uniqueness of the region is the large number of pools, hot springs Geyser at Whakarewarewa in particular Pohutu, boiling mud and mud. The area was a unique and interesting so that many travellers.
6.83-42, Weird and unique. Greenland But 83-42 believed it is the only land that is in the northern part. It's just a DAB of ' size ' approximately 35 m x 15 m and a height of 4 m. Judging from above, like a speck of land that is surrounded by only fractions of ice. Unique! When the North Pole is covered by ice, but the ground is not. Look at the picture! This uniqueness and subvert the previous record which ATOW 1996. The uniqueness of the 83-42 was discovered in 1998.
7. The Republic of Yemen, Socotra Socotra strangest places at once the most unique in the world. Almost everything in there looks odd, ranging from tree shape as well as its surroundings, it's no wonder many who call Socotra in the Republic of Yemen as one of the alien's Lair in the world. The place is very isolated, arid climates other than others. This could be causing bizarre plant life as well as any objects there grew up with strange. Call it the plant such as Dragon's Blood Tree, its shape is very uncommon, it looks like paying. This tree produces red-colored SAP. There also exist animals original, like birds, spiders and other native animals. Not to mention, the rocks also form reefs is not common and there is only on the island. With all the contents of the island's peculiarities, it's no wonder that Socotra, an island located in the Arabian Sea, entered into the legacy of World Heritage.
8. The Door To Hell, Turkmenistan may have it all figured out, at least have read or seen the news of his pictures. It's no wonder because of this nature in Turkmenistan fenomen somewhat unique. People call it ' the doors of hell "because in the crater 70 meters wide was out the api that continuously since last 35 years. Starting from the year 1971 in which the geologist member area to look for mine gas. That ensues is a burst of fire from the ground that continuously, even had a chance to swallow all their equipment. The geologist was nobody dared to go down into the poisonous. You can see it on Google Earth at 40 ° 15′29″e/33.8 ° N 44 ° e/26.23.
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